Michael Garmon Love
Dated 25 Mar 1862, Michael G. Love enlisted in Stanly County NC at rank of Corporal in CSA Co. H, 42nd Reg. NC. Just five days later, on 31 March 1862, Micheal Garmon Love wrote his last will and testament. Mentioning wishes for what would someday be his share of the estate of his then living parents, Michael G. Love was thinking of his family before going off to the unknowns of war. In the summer of 1862, M. G. Love wrote a letter to his wife from Lynchburg VA. He was promoted to rank of Sergeant on 20 Mar 1863. Dated 15 Nov 1863, Mr. M. G. Love wrote another letter to his wife and family. Physically sick and uneasy about his life, Michael Garmon Love now questioned the war and dreamed only to see his home and family. He was accounted for until wounded in an unspecified action on 15 Jul 1864. On 14 Dec 1864, he was furloughed from the Richmond VA hospital for sixty days. Returning home, Michael Garmon Love died on 29 Dec 1864 and his will was probated in Stanly County in Nov 1865. Michael Garmon Love is buried beside his father at Love’s Chapel United Methodist Church.
23 Jul 1862, From M. G. Love to Mrs. Phoebe F. Love and family.
Mentions his wife, his children, and his father and mother.
15 Nov 1863, From M. G. Love to Mrs. P. F. Love.
Mentions his wife, Mr. John D. Taylor, and brother Jonah A. Love.
Jesse Green Thomas
By trade a carpenter, Jesse Green Thomas, b. 1835, enlisted on 12 Mar 1862. He served as corporal in CSA Co. C, 10th Bat. NC. This unit was better known as the "Monroe Heavy Artillery".
Jesse's father is Benjmain Thomas Junior and his mother is Elizabeth Brown Traywick, daughter of Asa and Dorcas Hyatt Traywick. Following the the 1835 death of Benjamin Thomas Junior, Elizabeth married second Edmond Kiker. Edmond Kiker died on 26 May 1853.
The following four letters were written by Jesse while serving in Wilmington NC during the summer of 1862. The first two were written from the breast works and camp that protected the port of Wilmington. The third letter indicates Jesse may have been sent home earlier to get well. The last letter was likely written from a hospital in Wilmington. Corporal Jesse Green Thomas died of "Yellow Fever" on 19 Oct 1862. He never made home to help his mother with the fall harvest of wheat. His mother married a third time on 1 Jan 1863 to Joseph H. Woodward.
The letters passed through the estate of Edmond Kiker to daughter Martha Anne Kiker. Martha Anne Kiker married Jim Helms. The letters passed down to Roy Helms, who is the grandson of Jim Helms. A family historian, friend, and mentor named Annie Lee Traywick shared copies of the letters that she acquired from her old friend Roy Helms. My thanks go out to the efforts of Annie Lee Traywick.
2 Jun 1862, Jesse Green Thomas to his mother and family
Mentions Wm. Griffin, Jacob, Henry [Kiker], Melvina [Kiker], and Catherine [Kiker].
9 Jun 1862, Jesse Green Thomas to his mother Elizabeth B. Thomas
Mentions Henry [Kiker], John W. Griffin, __________, Becky James, .
5 Jul 1862, Jesse Green Thomas to his mother Elizabeth B. Thomas
Mentions Henry [Kiker] and Pink.
21 Aug 1862, Jesse Green Thomas to his mother E. B. Kiker
Mentions Ja Austin, the ould Squire, Pink, Wilson and Davis and some of the boys, and the oald man.
Letters from Alabama
About 1840, several families from Anson County NC moved to Cherokee County Alabama. Among them are the families of John Richardson, Bryant Richardson, Jonathan Thomas, Balaam Thomas, Andrew Sharp, Emory Sharp, Willie Griffin, Thomas Griffin, Caswell Kiker, Joel Helms, and likely others. Most of these people settled in Broomtown Valley near where it crosses the the Georgia State line. To the northwest is the ancient bute of Sand Mountain and just beyond is Wills Valley. The Coosa river runs nearby to the south. The town of Centre is located beyond the river, and Round Mountain is now an island in a modern lake created on the river.
At some point in the 1850's, the family of William Thomas Daniel and wife Elizabeth Stovall Daniel moved from Cass/Bartow County GA to the Broomtown Valley of Cherokee County AL. Willaim "Thomas" Daniel's mother Eliza Daniel also made the move. While William Thomas Daniel served in the civil war, his wife Eliza S. Daniel went back to live with her mother in Pine Log, Cass County, GA. His sister Sarah E. Amanda Daniel was courted by William A. Thomas, son of Jonathan and Mary Thomas. Following the war related death of William A. Thomas, Amanda married Thomas Richardson, son of Bryant Richardson. Many of the following letters are written between Eliza S. Daniel and Elizabeth Daniel, her mother-in-law. The letters marked this families efforts to keep up with the tragedies of the civil war.
The following are just a few of the letters written between members of the Daniel family during the civil war. I have chosen letters reflecting names of those known people who once lived in Anson County NC.
15 Feb 1863, Elizabeth S. and daughter Amanda Daniel write to Elizabeth Daniel and little babes.
20 Feb 1863, From a Camp near Vicksburg MS, W. T. Daniel to wife Elizabeth and children.
18 Apr 1863, From William Thomas Daniel to Wife (Eliza S. Daniel).
Apr 1863, From Eliza S. Daniel and Amanda Daniel to Elizabeth Daniel.
5 Jul 1863, From Eliza S. Daniel and Amanda Daniel to Elizabeth Daniel.
10 Aug 1863, From Eliza S. Daniel to Elizabeth Daniel.
27 Aug 1866, From Eliza Daniel to Elizabeth Daniel.
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Mentions Calvin Sharp.
Mentions John Richardson's son Marth Alfred, Marth Alfred's mother, Bill Hardy, Patrick (Elizabeth's brother, Charley, Old Mrs Baker, Lieutenant Johns and Old Dick Alfred.
Mentions Elizabeth, Lee Thomas, and Patrick Thomas.
Mentions Mr. Cunningham, Adalee, Frances (Sis), baby Patrick (Patrick Thomas Daniel) , Mary (sister of William Thomas), Emory Sharp, Perkins (Elijah, Mary's husband), Mary Ann Howard and Mr. Grubs..
Mentions death of Lee Thomas and W. A. Thomas, Amanda's intended.
Mentions death of James Thomas and Emory Thomas and their widows Emaline and Molissa, Amand, Adalee, James Cunningham, Franklin [Cunningham], Brient Richardson, William Beasley, Mrs. J. Cunningham, Mr. Force, Calvin Sharp, Thomas Daniel, and Charley.
Mentions Thomas Richerson, Brient Richerson, Nancy E. Perkins, Wess Richerson, Mary Jane Paton, Frank Faulkner, and Sarah Cunningham.
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